brad wilson runs bradsdeals.com- - an online coupon and price tracking website. he joins us from the nasdaq. brad, welcome to nightly business report. >> tom, thanks for having me on. >> tom: how successful have retailers been avoiding discounting ahead of this coming weekend? >> retailers have been successful in the last week or two avoiding discounts. they were much more aggressive in november and over thanksgiving weekend and black friday. prices came up 21% or so as far as i can tell in the last few weeks. and i think they're going to have to move back towards that -- you know, the last-minute on the 22nd and the 23rd and the week between craft and new years. >> tom: you mentioned the price increase you have seen since black friday. you looked at the most popular black friday advertisements and the prices, this 32-inch l.c.d. television at wal-mart, was under $200 on black friday and recently under $300. lots of flexibility in these kinds of prices, huh? >> that's the norm, really. we saw the retailers were a little insecure about the holiday season, and they

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